| Summary: | 碩士 === 中華科技大學 === 土木防災工程研究所在職專班 === 98 === Located in the intersection of Eurasia Plate, Philippine Plate, and Pacific Plate, and exposed to the pathway of typhoons from the West Pacific Ocean, natural disasters (such as earthquakes, typhoons, and floods) occur more frequently in Taiwan than in other countries. Due to economic growth that expands into the development of disaster-sensitive areas (such as mountains, rivers, and coastlines), hillsides and forest lands have been excessively overdeveloped. With the overuse of natural resources that have caused the Nature to strike back, disasters (such as floods, landslides, and debris flows) have gradually increased over the years. A proactive disaster relief taskforce is to be formulated by the armed forces in the future in coordination with the government of Taiwan for the overall disaster relief mechanism. In other words, disaster relief will be included as one of the main taskforces of the armed forces. The follow-up of the disaster relief strategy establishes that the details to the preparation of disaster relief resources and the training of response to disasters shall be reviewed for improvements so that the disaster relief mechanism meets the expectation of the public for successfully carrying out the task of disaster relief. This is a major topic of concern that the armed forces face. This study reviewed literatures, interviewed experts, and identified the topics relating to improvements that are needed for rescue missions of the armed forces. The findings were categorized by a balanced scorecard, consisting four indices of measures: the “financial aspect”, the “customer’s aspect”, the “internal-flow’s aspect”, and the “learning’s aspect”, in order to formulate the relief strategies of the armed forces. The results showed that 74.1% of the respondents indicated that the armed forces shall determine the number of damaged equipment immediately following disasters so that sufficient funds can be allocated annually, in accordance with the budget of the national defense, for the purchase of replacements. Hence, equipment of rescue efforts will be available whenever disasters take place. More than 90% of the respondents agreed that the armed forces shall dispatch troops for the task of rescue missions at the moment of disasters and that the armed forces shall carry out the tasks of quarantine and restoration in devastated areas following disasters. Hence, for the public, the armed forces play an active role in disaster relief missions. In addition, 85.7% of the respondents believed that the armed forces shall implement a standard operating procedure for establishing an overall system of reporting mechanism. Only when punctual information is reported can the armed forces carry out rescue missions at the first moment, thus receiving approval from the people of devastated areas. Finally, 84.8% of respondents indicated that the experience gained by the armed forces through their rescue missions shall be passed down to their successors via seminars to establish database. Due to time and spatial constrains, the ratio of female interviewees was significantly low in the sampling of the survey. Nonetheless, it can not be ignored that female respondents impose significant levels of influence on the actual result of the rescue mission. Therefore, researchers may take into consideration of the aforementioned finding in subsequent studies for a more objective result. Since this study has only assessed the feasibility of indices in the planning stage, it is recommended that subsequent researchers look into all aspects relating to topics of concern. In addition, validation may be carried out in an effort to provide decision-makers with more comprehensive knowledge.
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